Freedom's Ferment - Phases of American Social History to 1860 - Hardcover

Tyler, Alice Felt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1443721581 ISBN 13: 9781443721585

Publisher: Case Press, 2008

Synopsis

ALICE FELT TYLER- PHASES OF AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY TO 1860. Contents include: Part One. The Faith of the Young Republic, page i Dynamic Democracy 5 COLONIAL BEGINNINGS, 5. IN THE NEW STATES, 8. CONSERVATIVE REACTION, II. THE CONSTITUTION, 12. JEFFERSONIAN REVOLUTION, 14. ROLE OF THE FRONTIER, 15. JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY, 21. Evangelical Religion 23 JONATHAN EDWARDS, 23. RATIONALISM AND RELIGION, 25. RELIGION IN NEW ENGLAND COLLEGES, 29, MISSIONARY SOCIETIES, 31. RELIGION ON THE FRON TIER, 33. CAMP-MEETING REVIVALISM, 35. OBSERVERS AND CRITICS, 42. Part Two. Cults and Utopias, page 46 Transcendentalism 47 TRANSCENDENTAL FAITH, 47. TRANSCENDENTAL CLUB, 50. BRONSON ALCOTT, 52. MARGARET FULLER, 54. EMERSON, 56. THOREAU, 59. THEODORE PARKER, 6l. ORESTES BROWNSON, 63. WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING, 65. Millennialism and Spiritualism 68 MILLERITE MILLENNIALISM, 70. THE MILLENNIAL YEAR, 74. SPIRITUALISM, 78. ANDREW JACKSON DAVIS, 80. THE FOX SISTERS, 82. The Stake inZion 86 EARLY LIFE OF JOSEPH SMITH, 86. THE BOOK OF MORMON, 88. THE MOR MON CHURCH, 93. LATTER DAY SAINTS IN OHIO, 94. DIFFICULTIES IN OHIO AND MISSOURI, 97. JOSEPH SMITH IN ILLINOIS, IOI. Religious Communism in America 108 REASONS FOR COMMUNISTIC ORGANIZATION, IO8. RPHRATA CLOISTER, III. JEMIMA WILKINSON, 115. RAPPITOS, 121. BETHEL AND AURORA, 125. SEPA RATISTS OF ZOAR, 128. AMANA SOCIETY, 130. ERIC JANSON AND BISHOP HILL, 132. NORDHOFFS CONCLUSIONS, 138. The Shaker Communities 140 ENGLISH ORIGINS, 141. MOTHER ANN IN AMERICA, 143. EXPANSION OF SHAK ERISM, 145. DOCTRINE, 146. ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT, 148. WAY OF LIFE, 150. ORDER OF WORSHIP, 155. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, l6o. American Utopias of Religious Origin 166 HOPEDALE COMMUNITY, 1 66. TRANSCENDENTAL WILD OATS, 172. BROOK FARM, 175. ONETOA COMMUNITY, 184. vii viii FREEDOMS FERMENT Utopian Socialism in America 196 ROBERT OWEN AND NEW HARMONY, 196. FRANCES WRIGHT AND NASHOBA, 206. STATUS OF AMERICAN LABOR, 211. FOURIERIST PHALANXES, 217. ETIENNE CABETAND ICARIA, 22O. Part Three. Humanitarian Crusades, page 225 Education and the American Faith 227 IMPROVEMENT OF THE COMMON SCHOOL, 234. VOICE OF THE OPPOSITION, 242. PRIVATE SCHOOLS, 244. PROGRESSIVE SCHOOLS, 245. EDUCATION OF WOMEN, 250. PROGRESS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, 254. AIDS TO EDUCATION, 259. Reform for the Criminal 265 PENAL CODES BEFORE 1815, 268. MOVEMENT FOR PRISON REFORM, 270 RIVAL SYSTEMS, 274. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT, 283. Wards of the State 286 CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS, 286. POOR RELIEF, 291. EDUCATION OF DEAF MUTES AND THE BLIND, 294. CARE OF THE INSANE, 299. ...

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible to scholars, students, researchers, and general readers. Rich with historical and cultural value, these works are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The books offered through Minnesota Archive Editions are produced in limited quantities according to customer demand and are available through select distribution partners.

About the Author:

Alice Felt Tyler was a professor of history at the University of Minnesota.

About this edition

• Publisher: Case Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1443721581
• ISBN 13: 9781443721585
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 636